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- 1 2 MacDonald 1977, p. 1432-4.
- ↑ "Kim Ondaatje". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. "Kim Ondaatje – Bio". www.ccca.ca. The Canadian Art Database. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Poole, Nancy Geddes. "The Art of London: 1830-1980". ir.lib.uwo.ca. McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario. p. 210. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Kim Ondaatje: Paintings 1950–1975". www.utoronto.ca. Art Museum University of Toronto. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Kim Ondaatje: The House on Piccadilly Street". ago.ca. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Governor General's citation". www.canadacouncil.ca. Canada Council for the Arts.
- ↑ "Moriyama, Greer win Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". www.cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved May 17, 2020.
Further reading
- MacDonald, Colin (1977). A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, vol.5 (Third ed.). Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-919554-13-X . Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- Tostevin, Lola (2023). Who is Kim Ondaatje: The Inventive Life of a Canadian Artist. Sumac Publishing. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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